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Child Care Provision: Semiparametric Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico

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Dubois, Pierre
Rubio-Codina, Marta

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We semiparametrically estimate the impact of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades on the time mothers and older sisters spend taking care of children aged under 3, using the randomization of the program placement and the methodology in Lewbel (2000). Results support the existence of substitution effects: mothers in treatment households are more likely to substitute for their older daughters’ time to child care. As a result, daughters devote more time to schooling and less taking care of their younger siblings. Overall, total household time allocated to child care increases. These findings indicate that Oportunidades not only fosters human capital accumulation through keeping teenage girls in school but also through more and arguably better (mother provided) child care.

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Keywords: Child Care Provision; Conditional Cash Transfer Programs; Semiparametric Estimation; Substitution Effects;

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D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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